Precious Brady-Davis | |
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Member of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Board of Commissioners | |
Assumed office July 12, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Kimberly du Buclet |
Personal details | |
Born | 1985 (age 38–39) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education |
University of Nebraska, Lincoln Columbia College Chicago ( BA) |
Precious Brady-Davis (born 1985) [1] is an American transgender author [2] and climate [3] and LGBT rights activist. [3] [1] She wrote the best-selling book I Have Always Been Me. [3]
Brady-Davis was born in Omaha, Nebraska, [1] and was in foster care as a toddler [3] due to her mother's mental health issues. [1] At age five, she moved in with her grandfather and his wife. [3] [1] In fourth grade, her peers started being homophobic towards her, [3] [1] and this worsened in middle school. [3] In high school, she started to explore her identity. [3] [1] In her sophomore year, she moved into a foster home. [1]
Brady-Davis attended the University of Nebraska. [1] While living in Lincoln, Nebraska, she began performing drag using the name "Precious Jewel". [1] She later transferred to Columbia College Chicago. [1] While in Chicago, she came out as gay. [3] [1] Living in Boystown, she made a name for herself as a performance artist. [3] She launched a US$1.6 million dollar CDC HIV Prevention program at Chicago's Center on Halsted, an LGBTQ community center. [4] [3] [1] There, she was also a mentor of LGBTQ+ teens. [3]
She and her husband Myles Brady-Davis had a baby girl in 2019. [3] They became the first transgender couple to have their gender identities listed correctly on an Illinois birth certificate. [3] [5] They live in Hyde Park. [3] She currently works as a communications director at the Sierra Club, and is a nationally-known speaker and activist. [6] [3] [1]
In July 2023, she became the first black trans woman to be appointed to a commissioner position at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. [7]
She is popular with LGBTQ+ teens, and has mentored a number of them. [1] [3]
Brady-Davis' memoir I Have Always Been Me was a best-selling Black biography on Amazon. [3]
Brady-Davis was a consulting producer for The Lady and the Dale. [2]
Arnold said via email that the birth certificate will be a first for Illinois, and the state is working to make accurate gender identification a permanent option easily available to all transgender parents.
Precious Brady-Davis | |
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Member of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Board of Commissioners | |
Assumed office July 12, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Kimberly du Buclet |
Personal details | |
Born | 1985 (age 38–39) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education |
University of Nebraska, Lincoln Columbia College Chicago ( BA) |
Precious Brady-Davis (born 1985) [1] is an American transgender author [2] and climate [3] and LGBT rights activist. [3] [1] She wrote the best-selling book I Have Always Been Me. [3]
Brady-Davis was born in Omaha, Nebraska, [1] and was in foster care as a toddler [3] due to her mother's mental health issues. [1] At age five, she moved in with her grandfather and his wife. [3] [1] In fourth grade, her peers started being homophobic towards her, [3] [1] and this worsened in middle school. [3] In high school, she started to explore her identity. [3] [1] In her sophomore year, she moved into a foster home. [1]
Brady-Davis attended the University of Nebraska. [1] While living in Lincoln, Nebraska, she began performing drag using the name "Precious Jewel". [1] She later transferred to Columbia College Chicago. [1] While in Chicago, she came out as gay. [3] [1] Living in Boystown, she made a name for herself as a performance artist. [3] She launched a US$1.6 million dollar CDC HIV Prevention program at Chicago's Center on Halsted, an LGBTQ community center. [4] [3] [1] There, she was also a mentor of LGBTQ+ teens. [3]
She and her husband Myles Brady-Davis had a baby girl in 2019. [3] They became the first transgender couple to have their gender identities listed correctly on an Illinois birth certificate. [3] [5] They live in Hyde Park. [3] She currently works as a communications director at the Sierra Club, and is a nationally-known speaker and activist. [6] [3] [1]
In July 2023, she became the first black trans woman to be appointed to a commissioner position at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. [7]
She is popular with LGBTQ+ teens, and has mentored a number of them. [1] [3]
Brady-Davis' memoir I Have Always Been Me was a best-selling Black biography on Amazon. [3]
Brady-Davis was a consulting producer for The Lady and the Dale. [2]
Arnold said via email that the birth certificate will be a first for Illinois, and the state is working to make accurate gender identification a permanent option easily available to all transgender parents.